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The 17th annual breakfast was organized by The First Responders Children's Foundation. The group provides scholarships to the children of first responders, including Elizabeth Lohle, 18, a freshman at Boston College studying sociology.

Her father, David Lohle, 57, can no longer work for the FDNY due to respiratory problems suffered through work at Ground Zero.

"(I'm here) to honor my father, who was injured in the line of duty," Elizabeth Lohle said. "It's great see my family, to honor my dad, to share Thanksgiving with them."

Her dad got choked up as he listened.

Rabbi Alvis Kass accepted the Public Service Hero Award at the 17th Annual Thanksgiving Breakfast for families of first responders on November 23, 2017. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News)

"It's nice that my daughter gets a scholarship," David Lohle said with tears in his eyes.